TS Eliot prize for poetry
TS Eliot prize for poetry shortlist contains ‘a strong strain of elegy’
The authors include Gboyega Odubanjo, whose debut collection was published posthumously, Carl Phillips and Karen McCarthy Woolf
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Martha Whittome obituaryOther lives: Teacher and arts administrator who played an important part in the early days of the TS Eliot prize
‘It was a real trauma’: the TS Eliot poetry prize winner on his turbulent upbringing
Jamaican poet Jason Allen-Paisant’s Self-Portrait as Othello wins TS Eliot prize
Shortlisted TS Eliot prize poets speak to a disrupted world
The 10 listed collections range from ‘zany intimacy’ by Sharon Olds to explorations of Black identity from Ishion Hutchinson and Jason Allen-Paisant
The Guardian view on spoken word poets: powerful voices that are needed today
Editorial: Traditionally looked down on by the poetry establishment, those specialising in performance deserve their new chance to shine
TS Eliot prize winner Anthony Joseph: how poetry helped me love my absent father
Anthony Joseph wins TS Eliot prize for ‘luminous’ poetry collection
TS Eliot prize announces a ‘shapeshifting’ shortlist
With a record number of entries, half of the ten shortlisted books are debut collections that the judges describe as ‘unflinching in their explorations of love and grief, brutality and desire’
‘They are literally murdering us’: poet Joelle Taylor on bringing the LGBTQ+ community together
Joelle Taylor wins TS Eliot poetry prize for ‘blazing’ C+nto & Othered Poems
TS Eliot prize unveils ‘voices of the moment’ in 2021 shortlist
Ten collections in competition for the £25,000 award ‘should enter the stage and be heard in the spotlight’, say judges
TS Eliot winner Bhanu Kapil: 'It's hard to study something by standing in front of it'
The poet’s latest collection, How to Wash a Heart, was partly inspired by a news story about a liberal white couple taking in an Asian refugee
Bhanu Kapil wins TS Eliot poetry prize for 'radical' How to Wash a Heart
Judges praise the British-Indian poet’s ‘formidable’ collection, exploring the dynamic between an immigrant and her white, middle-class host
Life without Air by Daisy Lafarge review – ecological poetry
A fierce and clear-eyed debut that finds a fresh way to explore humankind’s role in environmental chaos
TS Eliot prize unveils 'unsettling, captivating' shortlist
Judges say the 10 poetry collections nominated for £25,000 award are ‘as urgent as they are artful’
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Jeanine Cummins on her explosive new novel, American DirtThe novelist explains her sudden decision to write her controversial thriller, and we hail TS Eliot prize winner Roger Robinson
TS Eliot prize-winner Roger Robinson: ‘I want these poems to help people to practise empathy’
From a lament for the victims of Grenfell Tower to snapshots of Windrush arrivals … activist, musician and poet Roger Robinson discusses the inspiration behind his prize‑winning collection
British-Trinidadian dub poet Roger Robinson wins TS Eliot prize
Judges praise A Portable Paradise for finding evidence of ‘sweet, sweet life’ in the bitterness of everyday experience
TS Eliot prize unveils shortlist of 'fearless poets'
Nominees for the £25,000 prize include Jay Bernard, Sharon Olds and Anthony Anaxagorou
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